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Kotryna Kazlauskaite, a Year 11 student from Liverpool has been named UK Pupil Library Assistant of the Year, with Reuben Colton, a Year 6 pupil from Watford achieving a national commendation alongside her. Both were celebrated in a special London ceremony led by the School Library Association (SLA) and the CILIP School Libraries Group. The […]
Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten and published by Happy Yak has been designated as the best new book for sharing with young children by BookTrust. Are You a Monster? was awarded the BookTrust Storytime 2024 Prize at a ceremony in London after voting by librarians and families up and down the country. The announcement of […]
Michelle Pauli steps through a portal to a magic world to interview Ash Bond about her debut novel, Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm. ‘If I could give any writer advice, it would be: don’t create a cast of immortal characters because you have to remember and grapple with thousands of years of backstory!’ declares […]
A spooky murder mystery set in an Irish boarding school run by nuns – what’s not to set readers’ hearts racing in Natasha Mac a’Bháird’s new novel? Clare is a scholarship girl at Sycamore Hill and excited, if not a little apprehensive, about starting there. She strikes up an immediate friendship with fashion-mad, confident Rose […]
An old country mansion with gargoyles frowning from every ledge and turret, strange noises from the basement and mysterious locked and bolted rooms – no wonder Callen is unsettled moving into the family’s new home. It isn’t long before his feelings of apprehension are proved right when he wakes at midnight to find the gargoyle […]
On your marks, get set … and prepare to take your time over this unusual, uplifting story about a young girl learning to find her life rhythm. Kam is a talented sprinter and, with her best friends Alexis, Neeka and Luce, determined to win the State championship. The pressure is particularly high as Luce is […]
In this latest collection from Alex Wharton, Children’s Laureate Wales our senses are not bombarded with the grotesque or unremitting slapstick humour. Of course there is Mr Slime and the awful Horrible Hector the Hedgehog (now deceased) but rather Wharton invites young readers – and listeners – to reflect, see the world with thought. Where […]
As I opened this beautifully produced book I was immediately drawn into the world of the octopus. The high-quality paper used, the gold and black printing throughout, with many stunning black and white drawings all contribute to the creation of a rich and original artefact. There are 144 pages bursting with facts, information, puzzles and […]
A little girl listens and watches as a person in the window across the street plays a single note, and the little girl joins in with a chime on a triangle. Two notes become three, and soon a sweet song embraces a whole community. At one level this is a simple counting book, where the […]
Imagine how cool it would be if the British Museum of Natural History had its own special agent branch in charge of rescuing and protecting important scientific and natural phenomena. In this new action adventure for children, Finn and Milo learn that, not only is there such a special branch, but that they are about […]
The most striking thing about Neal Zetter’s collection is its sheer energy. It bounces and bounds from subject to subject, driven on by short lines and driving rhymes. He certainly lives up to his own claim in The Poem Machine: ‘Creating odes, /ballads and rap,/You want free verse,/It’s here on tap/My works are one/long endless […]
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